Hi,

I've just finished setting up my new Linode (apache/php/mysql etc).

Now I'd like to take steps to improve security, and from what I've read, disabling ssh for the root account & creating another user account is a good idea.

I'm able to create the new user with this command -



However after ssh'ing with the new user, I can't access the home folder. Does the home folder require further permissions setup, or have I missed an option when creating the user?

The error message I get after ssh login is -



The 'home' folder appears to be owned by user '501' with group 'staff', which seems to be different to all the other folders which with user & group as 'root'.


Cheers,

Adam.

Did the $HOME folder you specified already exist before running adduser? If so it will not update the permissions.

Regardless just chown -R the $HOME to the UID & Group of the user you created and you should be fine.

Troy.

Sorry if I've misunderstood, but as root run:

adduser aobyrne

Would create your user with access to /home/aobyrne